In the ongoing political theater, MSNBC’s hosts once again found themselves angered, this time over the New York Court of Appeals’ decision to slash former President Donald Trump’s bail in his civil fraud trial.
Just as New York Attorney General Letitia James appeared ready to pounce on the Trump empire, aiming to satisfy the hefty $454 million judgment, the appellate judges intervened, reducing the figure to a mere $175 million.
The move, though deemed by some as a reasonable adjustment, sparked an on-air tirade from an MSNBC panel, underscoring the network’s penchant for critical coverage of Trump-related developments.
Legal analyst Tristan Snell didn’t mince words, exclaiming, “I honestly think this is so infuriating I don’t even know what to do… Whatever it is, it’s flawed. We have decided that he gets his own private court of justice… This is an absolute travesty.”
“It would not happen for anybody else. Anybody else would be like, ‘Sorry, buddy,'” Snell continued. “The appellate court has now just decided they’re going to swoop in and just change it. And that’s it.”
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The New York appeals court’s ruling temporarily halts Letitia James from seizing Trump’s property. Initially facing the daunting task of posting a $464 million bond, Trump’s burden is now lightened to $175 million. This not only provides financial relief but also delays James’s efforts to seize Trump’s assets.
While many aspects of Monday’s ruling remained unchanged, including restrictions on Donald Trump Jr. and other family associates, preventing them from holding corporate positions in New York for several years.
Without this decision, Trump risked seeing his personal finances frozen and properties falling under New York state’s control. Now, he has 10 days to muster the revised amount.
Friday brought a silver lining for Trump with the approval of a merger between the parent company of Truth Social and a shell corporation, potentially boosting his net worth by $4 billion.
Speculation swirled about Trump’s potential sale of company shares for immediate profit, pending a waiver from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which enforces a lockout period for new public company owners.
Throughout, Trump has decried his civil real estate trial as a “sham” orchestrated by allies of President Joe Biden, including AG James, and presided over by a purportedly biased judge, Arthur Engoron.